Figs Quotes

62 quotes by 55 authors

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed… — Edwin Louis Cole
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig,… — Epictetus
Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man. — Paracelsus
I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to… — Yann Martel
For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought… — Robert Frost
The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds,… — Kate Douglas Wiggin
I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the… — Sylvia Plath
An idea fell like a seed and over the next weeks it went on growing like a fig vine lush and conquering twining round her… — Laini Taylor
Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general… — Robert Jordan
I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful… — Sylvia Plath
One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the… — J. B. Priestley
Shebna scraped the tablet clean and began drawing circles in the soft clay. "Suppose you had six figs and you ate two. How many would--"… — Lynn Austin
I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you. — Larry McMurtry
She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full… — Joe Hill
Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe,… — John Heywood
O excellent! I love long life better than figs. — William Shakespeare
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him… — Bible
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! / And why… — Bible
YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a… — Ambrose Bierce

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